Nallah Mar
{{Short description|Canal in Srinagar, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
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|image = Market boats on Mar Canal, Srinigar.jpg
|image_caption = Nallah Mar Canal in Srinagar, India
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|date_use = c. 15th century
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|date_closed = 1970s
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|start_point = Brari Nambal
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|end_point = Khushal Sar
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|status = Landfilled and replaced by the Nallah Mar Road
|location = Srinagar, J&K, India
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|map=Srinagar illustration with Nallah Mar highlight.jpg|map_caption=Nallah Mar highlighted in red|map_size=260px}}
Nallah Mar or Mar Canal (also known as Mar Kol) was a navigational canal running through the old city of Srinagar in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It connected the Brari Nambal lagoon to the Khushal Sar lake and thus provided navigability between the Dal and Aanchar lakes. It was filled up and converted to a road in the 1970s.
History
The canal was built during the reign of Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin (popularly known in Kashmir as 'Budshah'). It was considered as a lifeline of the city even up to the early part of the 20th century. However, with the arrival of motor transport, it gradually lost its sheen. As such, it was filled up to pave way for a road through the old city. The filling up of the canal is considered an ecological disaster as it led to the choking up of Brari Nambal and in turn affected the entire water system of the city.{{cite web|last=Irfan|first=Shams|date=14 March 2011|title=A Stream Buried|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/a-stream-buried-1281/|website=Kashmir Life|access-date=6 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111539/http://www.kashmirlife.net/a-stream-buried-1281/|url-status=live}}
Maps
File:342 of 'Journals kept in Hyderabad, Kashmir, Sikkim, and Nepal. Edited, with introductions, by ... R. C. Temple ... With maps and illustrations' (11189359016).jpg|1887
File:Srinagar and Environ map 1911.jpg|1911
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite web|last=Wani|first=Arif Shafi|date=14 March 2015|title=Filling of Mar Canal a blunder|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/health/filling-of-mar-canal-a-blunder|website=Greater Kashmir}}
- {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-04-13|title=Budshah's Nallai Mar|url=https://kashmirlife.net/budshahs-nallai-mar-137732/|website=Kashmir Life}}
- {{Cite web|last=Naqash|first=Rayan|date=7 August 2017|title=Gently down the Jhelum: Is water transport in Kashmir a practical option?|url=https://scroll.in/article/845565/gently-down-the-jhelum-is-water-transport-in-kashmir-a-practical-option|website=Scroll.in}}
- {{Cite web|last=Qayoom|first=Sheikh|date=2014-09-21|others=IANS|title=Jammu and Kashmir floods: Is nature saying "back off"?|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/jammu-and-kashmir-floods-nature-saying-back-27968|website=The News Minute}}
- {{Cite web|date=27 April 2016|title=How Human Greed Robbed Kashmir|url=https://kashmirobserver.net/2016/04/27/how-human-greed-robbed-kashmir-of-its-title-%C2%91venice-of-the-east%C2%92/|website=Kashmir Observer}}
- {{Cite web|last=Draboo|first=Anisa|date=2014-09-15|title=Man vs nature: Srinagar's flood misery has been heightened by bad planning|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-edit-page/man-vs-nature-srinagars-flood-misery-has-been-heightened-by-bad-planning/|website=The Times of India}}
- {{Cite web|last=Punjabi|first=Riyaz|date=2020-02-05|title=Remembering Nallah Mar: Lost Artery of the Dal Lake|url=http://www.kashmirtrends.in/jammu-kashmir-news/remembering-nallah-mar-lost-artery-of-the-dal-lake/|website=Kashmir Trends}}
External links
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